A Call for Autonomy This 4th of July

In the U.S., many of us are busy preparing for the Fourth of July holiday weekend—looking forward to fireworks, cookouts, and sunshine. But do you ever stop to think about why we celebrate the Fourth of July?

July 4, 1776 was the day that the Continental Congress declared that the thirteen colonies were a new nation, separate and independent from the British Empire. This one sentence in the Declaration of Independence became one of the most important in our nation’s history:

“We hold these t...